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Hypoxemia after pneumothorax exsufflation: a case report

We describe a 36-year-old patient who was admitted to the emergency ward for acute dyspnea due to a spontaneous pneumothorax. He was successfully drained but shortly after presented a severe hypoxemia due to pulmonary oedema secondary to pulmonary re-expansion. The physiopathology behind this compli...

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Autores principales: Ngatchou, William, Sandjo, Gildas-paulin Yondou, Lemogoum, Daniel, Youatou, Pierre, Ramadan, Ahmed Sabry, Sontou, Regis, Alima, Maimouna Bol, Plumaker, Alain, Guimfacq, Virginie, Mols, Pierre, Ngassa, Michèle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29881485
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.28.240.11136